Financial and Economic Costs of the Elimination and Eradication of Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) in Africa

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Young Eun ^a,b   Sicuri, Elisa ^c   Tediosi, Fabrizio ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CLEARANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SIMULIIDAE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FILARICIDES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; IVERMECTIN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84943190529     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004056     Document Type: Article

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